That direction (DIR/F going to Cert) is one we addressed this weekend in our recent DIR/F, albeit not at length
Its an interesting area of thought, and I wonder how much its going to change the current DIR/F classes. Having not seen the curriculum for the Cert course, what follows are simply the thoughts off the top of my dome and are not based on any knowledge or inside scoop from the recent class.
* What is the intent of making this a Cert course? If the intent is to use DIR/F as a stepping stone for the other GUE classes and training (read: filtering process) then a lot has to change from its current format.
* It will become significantly more expensive. The class materials will need to surely be upgraded.
* The student will need to leave the course with the ability to actually execute the skills. Speaking strictly for myself, I came out of DIR/F knowing the skills. Consistent execution will take a while... maybe a long while. With a Cert course, you either do (execute) or you don't (Pass).
* That being said, the course will need to be longer in duration. We're not talking a 2 day over the weekend affair. You can't walk in with your AOW game and leave with DIR/F game in two days, a few lectures, some land drills and a couple of dives. No way.
* There will likey need to be some sort of OW prerequisite to the DIR/F Cert. Unless DIR/F is intended to be GUE's OW class...in that case it will be a comple restructure and not simply turning DIR/F into a cert class.
* I think GUE will be losing a valuable resource if they eliminate the current weekend format and replace it with the Cert format alone. The current format is, for the most part, affordable, somewhat gear-flexible, and provides an excellent window into the GUE way of thinking.
If their intention is to impart a filtering process, then by all means they'll kill the current DIR/F format and go Cert alone. Which means 90% or more of the students that roll in will not roll on. A class structure like that won't be around for long. I know I would have failed, for sure. I think many of us who went through the current DIR/F feel the same way.
I for one would like to review the Cert class format, materials, mission statement and curriculum. I'd probably consider taking it after 've had a few months to work on the stuff I've already been shown.
Ken
PS: I've posted my thoughts on the class I took in another room. and thrown up a few posts since then, too. And as a newly minted DIR/F guy, most of this is un-broken ground for me. I acknowledge I am so new I'm still wet and crying. I've received some PM's.... so here it is: if I'm coming off as Johnny DIR because of one class, someone put a slug into me. You should all know me well enough by now to know I'm more firmly grounded that that... I try to check myself. If you think I'm drifting, just relax, and re-read the post.
k
Its an interesting area of thought, and I wonder how much its going to change the current DIR/F classes. Having not seen the curriculum for the Cert course, what follows are simply the thoughts off the top of my dome and are not based on any knowledge or inside scoop from the recent class.
* What is the intent of making this a Cert course? If the intent is to use DIR/F as a stepping stone for the other GUE classes and training (read: filtering process) then a lot has to change from its current format.
* It will become significantly more expensive. The class materials will need to surely be upgraded.
* The student will need to leave the course with the ability to actually execute the skills. Speaking strictly for myself, I came out of DIR/F knowing the skills. Consistent execution will take a while... maybe a long while. With a Cert course, you either do (execute) or you don't (Pass).
* That being said, the course will need to be longer in duration. We're not talking a 2 day over the weekend affair. You can't walk in with your AOW game and leave with DIR/F game in two days, a few lectures, some land drills and a couple of dives. No way.
* There will likey need to be some sort of OW prerequisite to the DIR/F Cert. Unless DIR/F is intended to be GUE's OW class...in that case it will be a comple restructure and not simply turning DIR/F into a cert class.
* I think GUE will be losing a valuable resource if they eliminate the current weekend format and replace it with the Cert format alone. The current format is, for the most part, affordable, somewhat gear-flexible, and provides an excellent window into the GUE way of thinking.
If their intention is to impart a filtering process, then by all means they'll kill the current DIR/F format and go Cert alone. Which means 90% or more of the students that roll in will not roll on. A class structure like that won't be around for long. I know I would have failed, for sure. I think many of us who went through the current DIR/F feel the same way.
I for one would like to review the Cert class format, materials, mission statement and curriculum. I'd probably consider taking it after 've had a few months to work on the stuff I've already been shown.
Ken
PS: I've posted my thoughts on the class I took in another room. and thrown up a few posts since then, too. And as a newly minted DIR/F guy, most of this is un-broken ground for me. I acknowledge I am so new I'm still wet and crying. I've received some PM's.... so here it is: if I'm coming off as Johnny DIR because of one class, someone put a slug into me. You should all know me well enough by now to know I'm more firmly grounded that that... I try to check myself. If you think I'm drifting, just relax, and re-read the post.
k
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